ceramist
- noun
- /səˈræmɪst/
- Rivera painted below the main scene, of which the central one depicts the manufacture of clay effigies by both male and female ceramists (Fig. 14).
- ceramist and sculptor
- ceramist and painter
- ceramists are artists
Examples
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After years of practice, the aspiring ceramist finally opened her own shop to sell her creations.
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The figure of Lothar measures 47 inches, and to fire such a piece of clay without cracking it would be a triumph even for a 21st century ceramist.
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She's also an amazing ceramist.
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If you ask Magdalene Odundo why she became a ceramist, she will tell you it is "the love of clay."
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While a visit from a local ceramist or string quartet might be nice, it was not the stuff of which rigorous, sequentially taught school arts programs were made.
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Yumenoya Soba (011-81-98-048-4529; entrees $9 to $15) in Motobu has a cult following because its owner, a ceramist, makes only a few dozen bowls a day.
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A ceramic pot in the Japanese style by the painter and ceramist Laurent Bouvier represents the artist's interest in Japanese art, while a cast of an antique sculpture of Athena embodied the purity and truth of the Greek style.
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In 1891, for example, the former president of the Union Central called upon the Chamber of Deputies to counsel closer alliance among architects, painters, sculptors, tapestry-makers, mosaicists, and ceramists.
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The talented ceramist shaped the clay into beautiful vases at her studio.
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As a celebrated ceramist, he often showcases his unique pottery at local art fairs.
Synonyms
A person who shapes clay into pots and heats them to make them hard
A person who shapes clay on a spinning wheel to make pottery
A person who makes objects from clay by shaping them and baking them in a hot oven
A person who shapes clay into pots and hardens them with heat
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ceramist comes from the word ceramic, which goes back to an old Greek word for 'pottery' or 'clay'. So a ceramist is someone who shapes and bakes clay to make pots and other ceramic objects.